Left scratching your head over the best appliances, speakers and gadgets to buy this Christmas? The Telegraph Technology team rounds up everything you need to spruce up your home.

About the Braun CoolTec, it writes:

It may not have an app to tell you where you’ve missed but this shaver uses a specially developed cooling plate to soothe the skin during dry shaving. Waterproof to 5m, you could use it in the shower, or while snorkelling.

The Braun CoolTec shaver, $150, has unique cooling technology unlike any other shaver. Nestled between its three rows of three-stage, self-adjusting cutting heads is an aluminum cooling bar, which when optionally turned on feels literally ice cold.

For guys who tend to have sensitive skin when rubbing hard with traditional shavers, the CoolTec makes a huge difference and makes the boring task of shaving refreshing. I found it shaves better than most shavers. It is available in most stores.

The good Germans at Braun knew how to make an amazing shaver before. Now with the addition of some gadgetry, the foil shaver might just be something you can use year-round, and not just when you’re in a hurry for a passable shave.

The Braun CoolTec – best foil shaver money can buy, thanks to the incredible fusion of science and grooming.

For the full-service effect, the Braun Series 7 is pricey but worth it. For the best value though, the Panasonic ES-RW30 is very hard to beat. And like the Philips, it’s a wet-and-dry model which adds versatility. For rotary fans, Philips is still the brand to go for, with models at every price point.

From more than 160 customer reviews this shaver has an average rating of 4.6 stars. Says one reviewer:

Don’t even think about it, just buy this razor! I have used Braun and many other brand name electric razors in the past but Panasonic has them all beat hands down.

This is my second Panasonic electric razor and the only reason I purchased a second was to hand down the first razor to my son.

The battery seems to last forever and the blades are second to none. Closest, most comfortable shave available with out using a razor blade and no bloody cuts to worry about.

No, I am NOT affiliated with Panasonic at all. I am just an older gent that thinks they make an excellent electric razor so I am giving them a big thumbs up! I am the type of man that would tell the world about a crappy item so I also have to tell it like it is when I find a excellent product.

By the way the cheapest place I found it was at Amazon.com.

It has a retail price of $250, but at the time of writing was selling for less than $150 at Amazon.

* Remington R3-4110A Cordless Rotary with Pivot and Flex Technology is “another rotary shaver with a cord for recharging….From teens shaving for the first time to nonagenarians with impaired vision or arthritic hands, users find it easy to get a close shave with this razor. Unlike the Philips Norelco rotary shaver, it can be cleaned off under the faucet.”

Gillette plans a major new razor release, the ProGlide FlexBall. It features a swiveling ball-hinge that allows the blade to pivot. And, according to initial reports, it also features a high-end price.

It reflects the new strategy of recently returned P&G Chief Executive A.G. Lafley, who has said he sees an opening to squeeze more revenue out of the high end of the market for the products Americans use every day.

But by charging a premium price for a bigger, more complex piece of hardware, P&G risks alienating cost-conscious consumers while providing fresh fuel for comedy writers who have long lampooned the evolution of razors from simple shaving devices into multi-bladed behemoths.

…The FlexBall’s marketing material boasts that P&G spent years working on the handle to make sure that the razor head has “optimized stiffness” and “damping” so that just the right amount of force gets it to swivel and stop. Doing so, the company claims, means the blades miss 20% fewer hairs with each pass and that it can cut each whisker 23 microns shorter—about a quarter of the width of a strand of human hair.